| | Mohammad Shafi rendition of Surah Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out(an-Nazi`at)
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| 79:1 | | By those that dive and extract, |
| 79:2 | | And by those [winds?] that briskly pass by |
| 79:3 | | And by the floaters [clouds?] that float b |
| 79:4 | | And then overtake others, leaving the latter behind |
| 79:5 | | And then execute a [divine] Order [to rain. |
| 79:6 | | [There shall come] a Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world] |
| 79:7 | | The subsequent convulsion shall follow the first |
| 79:8 | | Hearts that Day will be throbbing |
| 79:9 | | Sights that Day will be lowered |
| 79:10 | | They ask, "Shall we be brought back to life [after death?]" |
| 79:11 | | "Even when we are crumbled bones!?" |
| 79:12 | | They say, "This in that event would be a damaging return." |
| 79:13 | | It will but be a single blast |
| 79:14 | | And then they all will come awake [from their deep slumber of death] |
| 79:15 | | Has Moses' story come down to you |
| 79:16 | | When his Lord called out to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa |
| 79:17 | | "Go to Pharaoh! He has indeed exceeded all bounds," |
| 79:18 | | "You then ask him, `Would you like to reform?'" |
| 79:19 | | "`Would you allow me to guide you to your Lord, so that you fear Him?'" |
| 79:20 | | Moses then showed him the great Sign [staff turning into snake and hand turning white] |
| 79:21 | | But he [Pharaoh] refused to acknowledge the divine Sign and obey Allah |
| 79:22 | | He then turned his back hastil |
| 79:23 | | To summon and collect his people |
| 79:24 | | He then proclaimed to them, "I am your lord supreme!" |
| 79:25 | | Allah then seized him for punishment both in the Hereafter and here |
| 79:26 | | There is indeed a lesson in this for those who fear Allah |
| 79:27 | | Are you more difficult to create or the heaven to construct |
| 79:28 | | HE raised its structure and then balanced it aright |
| 79:29 | | And made its night dark and its day bright |
| 79:30 | | And the earth thereafter — He spread it out |
| 79:31 | | He brought out from it its water and its pasture |
| 79:32 | | And He made the mountains firm |
| 79:33 | | [He has provided] means of sustenance for you and your animals |
| 79:34 | | So when the great event occurs |
| 79:35 | | That Day man would recount what he strove for |
| 79:36 | | And the Hell would be made manifest for all to see |
| 79:37 | | And then anyone who had transgressed divinely set bounds |
| 79:38 | | And had preferred the life of this world |
| 79:39 | | That one's abode shall indeed be in Hell |
| 79:40 | | And one who had been afraid of standing before his Lord and had restrained one's self from carnal desires |
| 79:41 | | That one's abode shall indeed be in Paradise |
| 79:42 | | They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour (the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin), "When is it coming?" |
| 79:43 | | What have you to do with the mentioning of it [the time of the occurrence of the Hour] |
| 79:44 | | With your Lord rests the final and only Authority to know when the Hour would happen |
| 79:45 | | You [Prophet] are but a warner for those who fear it [the Hour] |
| 79:46 | | The Day they see it [the Hereafter], they will feel as if they had stayed for only one evening or one morning thereof. |
